Posted in Legislative Action, UCW News on Mar 15th, 2007 No Comments »
Union Sisters and Brothers,
On Tuesday, March 13, 2007 nearly 3 dozen UCW-CWA members from Knoxville and Chattanooga participated in our third annual Lobby Day. We left early in cars and vans, and arrived in Nashville at the State Capitol for a packed day of appointments with Legislators.
We brought essential information about the pay situation at [...]
Posted in Legislative Action, Merit Pay on Feb 20th, 2007 No Comments »
Today Governor Bredesen released his budget for 2007-2008. With much anticipation we awaited to hear if UT President Petersen’s call for a 5% pay increase would be included in the budget.
Unfortunately, the Governor’s budget only calls for a 1% raise and a 2% bonus for higher education employees.
The talk of the 5% has excited [...]
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